Melia Hotels International is one of the eleven Spanish tourism enterprises and associations which signed the first ever Commitment to the Code of Ethics in September 2011.

The representatives of the first companies to sign the Private Sector Commitment to the Code of Ethics with Their Royal Highnesses Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Asturias, the Minister of Tourism of Spain, the Secretary-General of UNWTO, the Secretary-General of Turespaña, the President of UNICEF Spain, and the Chairman of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics, at the first International Congress on Ethics and Tourism (Madrid, Spain, 15-16 September 2011). More photos from the first signing ceremony are available on UNWTO's flickr page